CHAPTER 2
Set Theory
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Section 2.5, Slide 1
2.5
Survey Problems
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Section 2.5, Slide 2
Objectives
1. Use Venn diagrams to visualize a survey’s
results.
2. Use survey results to complete Venn
diagrams and answer questions about the
survey.
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Section 2.5, Slide 3
Example: Visualizing the Results of a
Survey
The results of the survey are summarized in this figure.
a. How many students are willing
to donate blood?
Represented by regions I and II.
Thus, n(A) = 370 + 120 = 490.
b. How many are willing to donate
blood but not serve breakfast?
Region 1 represents A ∩ B' = 370
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Example: Visualizing the Results of a
Survey
The results of the survey
are summarized in this
figure.
c. How many weren’t willing
to do either?
A' ∩ B' is region IV; those
areas outside the circles =
290.
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Solving Survey Problems
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Example: Surveying People’s Attitudes
A survey is taken that asks 2000 randomly selected U.S.
and Mexican adults the following question: Do you agree
or disagree that the primary cause of poverty is societal
injustice?
The results of the survey showed that:
1060 people agreed with the statement
400 Americans agreed with the statement.
If half the adults surveyed were Americans
a. How many Mexicans agreed with the statement?
b. How many Mexicans disagreed with the statement?
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Example continued
Solution:
Step 1 Define the sets and draw a Venn diagram.
Set U.S. is the set of Americans
surveyed. Set A (labeled “Agree”)
is the set of people surveyed who
agreed with the statement. The area
outside the U.S. circle represents the set of
Mexicans.
The group of people outside the A circle must be the
set of people disagreeing with the statement.
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Example continued
Step 2 Determine the cardinality for each region in the
Venn diagram, starting with the innermost region.
We are given the following cardinalities:
• There were 2000 people surveyed: n(U) = 2000.
• Half the people surveyed were Americans:
n(U.S.) = 1000.
• The number of people who agreed with the statement was
1060: n(A) = 1060.
• There were 400 Americans who agreed with the
statement: n(U.S. ∩ A) = 400.
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Example continued
Starting with region II and moving outwards to
regions I and III, and ending with region IV.
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Example continued
a. The Mexicans who agreed with the statement are
shown in region III. This means that 660 Mexicans
agreed that societal injustice is the primary cause of
poverty.
b.The Mexicans who disagreed with the statement
corresponds to region IV. This means that 340 Mexicans
disagreed that societal injustice is the primary cause of
poverty.
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Example: Constructing a Venn Diagram
for a Survey
Sixty people were contacted and responded to a movie
survey. The following information was obtained:
a. 6 people liked comedies, dramas, and science fiction.
b. 13 people liked comedies and dramas.
c. 10 people liked comedies and science fiction.
d. 11 people liked dramas and science fiction.
e. 26 people liked comedies.
f. 21 people liked dramas.
g. 25 people liked science fiction.
Use a Venn diagram to illustrate the survey’s results.
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Example continued
The set of people surveyed is a universal set with 60
elements containing three
subsets:
C = the set of those who like comedies
D = the set of those who like dramas
S = the set of those who like science fiction.
Now let’s use the numbers in (a) through (g), as well as the
fact that 60 people were surveyed, which we call condition
(h), to determine the cardinality of each region in the Venn
diagram.
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Example (continued)
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Example: Using a Survey’s Venn
Diagram
The Venn diagram shows the
results of the movie survey in
the previous Example. How
many of those surveyed liked
a. comedies, but neither dramas nor
science fiction?
b. dramas and science fiction, but not comedies?
c. dramas or science fiction, but not comedies?
d. exactly one movie style?
e. at least two movie styles?
f. none of the movie styles?
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Example: Using a Survey’s Venn
Diagram
a. comedies, but neither dramas nor
science fiction?
Represented in region I; 9 people
b. dramas and science fiction, but not comedies?
Represented in region VI; 5 people
c. dramas or science fiction, but not comedies?
D  S C '
3  5  10  18
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Example: Using a Survey’s Venn
Diagram
d. exactly one movie style?
Represented in regions I, III, and VII.
There are 9 + 3 + 10 = 22
e. at least two movie styles?
Add the number of elements in regions II, IV, V, & VI:
7 + 4 + 6 + 5 = 22
f. none of the movie styles?
Region VIII; 16 people
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